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[uh-fish-uhl] / əˈfɪʃ əl /




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The Hull City Official Supporters' Club also issued a statement in which they expressed concern at how the play-off final could be moved at short notice.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Official statistics are not published during the war, but pollster Info Sapiens estimated a jobless rate of 15.5 percent in March 2026.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

More recent female-focused fare includes last year’s “Wicked: For Good” and Taylor Swift’s “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl,” though “Wicked” has the benefit of also having a longtime Broadway fanbase.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Official data released Wednesday show Russia’s gross domestic product shrank 0.3% in the first quarter of 2026, the first quarterly contraction in three years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

“My dad couldn’t tell me that, ’cause of the Official Secrets Act.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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